Release
SHOWTIME GREENLIGHTS SHAMELESS TO SERIES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SHOWTIME GREENLIGHTS SHAMELESS TO SERIES
Network Orders 12 One-Hour Episodes of Family Drama from Warner Bros. Television Starring William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum
and Guest Starring Allison Janney
Emmy® Award Winner John Wells to Executive Produce
LOS ANGELES, CA, April 8, 2010 – SHOWTIME, Warner Bros. Television and acclaimed Emmy® Award-winning television and film producer John Wells (ER, THE WEST WING, SOUTHLAND, WHITE OLEANDER, FAR FROM HEAVEN, SHOWTIME's AN AMERICAN CRIME) are bringing an adaptation of SHAMELESS, the long-running British series, to American premium television starring Emmy® Award winner and Oscar® nominee William H. Macy (Door to Door, Fargo, Pleasantville, The Cooler), Golden Globe® nominee Emmy Rossum (The Phantom of the Opera) and guest starring Emmy® Award winner Allison Janney (The West Wing) in a recurring role. SHOWTIME has ordered 12 episodes of the hour-long drama tracing the lives of a very unconventional family which will be executive produced by Wells and the series’ original creator and Emmy® Award-winner Paul Abbott. The announcement was made today by Robert Greenblatt, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc. The series will start production at the end of summer 2010.
“We’re so happy to be bringing this richly textured drama about a dysfunctional blue-collar family to SHOWTIME with two of the greatest television producers working today, John Wells and Paul Abbott,” said Greenblatt. “And to have William H. Macy and this incredible cast bringing these original characters to life is an embarrassment of riches.”
About Showtime
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNELTM and FLIX®, as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME® 2TM, SHOWTIME® SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME®, SHOWTIME BEYOND®, SHOWTIME NEXT®, SHOWTIME WOMEN®, SHOWTIME FAMILYZONE® and TMC XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL HDTM, SHOWTIME ON DEMANDTM and THE MOVIE CHANNEL ON DEMANDTM. SNI also manages Smithsonian Networks, a joint venture between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution. All SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME® PPV.
Photo credit “Gavin Bond/SHOWTIME”
Contact:
Frank Marchesini
Showtime Networks Inc.
(310) 234-5342
Chloe Comins
Showtime Networks Inc.
(617) 505-5304
